Illusiones hit my shop for the first time ever

[tooomanycolors]

Todays pickups, just in time to help study for my midterms :applause:

 

[Starz26]

Yummy!

 

[MP.]

Nice pickup! I've never had the Epernays. How similar are they to the Illusiones?

 

[tooomanycolors]

I havent smoked one yet, but I heard they were very similar to the eccj...ill let you know later after I smoke one of each

 

[smokinghole]

They're an off shoot from the ECCJ from what I remember when they were first released.

 

[BigFoot]

They're an off shoot from the ECCJ from what I remember when they were first released.

That is correct.

 

[ahbroody]

To me the Eps are the best he has created. Not as powerfull as the first or second blends but more complex. I often find myself passing over CCs to smoke them. What amazed me is the difference between the le petit and the le elegance. Petit starts of good and stays good. The elegance starts of slow, but turns amazing in the back half better then the petit.

 

[Cyrann]

Good picks there Dan.

 

[Jughead]

I can't get a enough of the Le Grande. Nice sticks you got there too.

 

[dk_fxn]

those ~mj12~ sticks are stellar

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

They're an off shoot from the ECCJ from what I remember when they were first released.

Here's what Dion had to say about the Epernay....

"The Illusione Epernay is a new, lighter blend patterned from the original ECCJ release.

Named after the heart of France's Champagne region, Epernay is an all-Nicaraguan cigar comprising tobacco from two specific farms and finished with a shade-grown Corojo '99 wrapper leaf.

"Certain cigars and Champagne go together fabulously," said Giolito. "I think that this cigar is the perfect complement to great Champagnes, so I named it after a region in France that made this grape famous."

According to Giolito, the blend is more suited to a "European palate," which, to him, entails using a lighter shade of wrapper, and replacing some of the spicy character of his other brands with a sweeter, more floral tobacco."


I personally felt like the Epernay was a "bolder" smoke compared to the ECCJ....which I really enjoyed smoking.

 

[JRL]

Congrats on the pickup. I have yet to try an Illusione yet but they look great.

 

[smokinghole]

I guess according to Dion I have more of an european palate.

 

[daniyal]

Those look like some sexy sticks! enjoy bru!

 

[dajones]

Okay -- need help here... the foil-rolled 'gar is...? (Cuz one of those was in my Shuckbomb...)

Hey -- and gentle with the noob, pleaz.

 

[njstone]

Okay -- need help here... the foil-rolled 'gar is...? (Cuz one of those was in my Shuckbomb...)

Hey -- and gentle with the noob, pleaz.

That is an Illusione MJ12 ... the biggest, baddest of the Illusione line. They're very good, similar in flavor to the 88 but stronger and of course longer in smoking time.

 

[itsme_timd]

Love the Epernay, I don't see a huge similarity between them and the eccj though. I thought the Epernay was less bold but with more complexity and flavor.

Either way... I love most Illusiones. :grin:

 

[elderboy02]

Nice pickup! :clap:

 

[Private Yesman]

Okay -- need help here... the foil-rolled 'gar is...? (Cuz one of those was in my Shuckbomb...)

Hey -- and gentle with the noob, pleaz.

It's an MJ12. Good stick

 

[Robinsond]

Very nice! Looked through your pictures...that's quite a collection of opus opeyes: